Rain washes out USMTS Show-Me Shootout at Lucas Oil Speedway

Heavy mid-day rain with the forecast of more throughout the evening and overnight hours forced cancellation of Saturday night's 8th Annual USMTS Slick Mist Show-Me Shootout presented by Foley Equipment at the Lucas Oil Speedway.

"We hate to call it, but we don't really have a choice," Lucas Oil Speedway General Manager Dan Robinson said. "We've had so much rain already with a Flash Flood Watch already in place throughout Sunday morning that it's in everyone's safety and best interest to make the early call."

Tyler Wolff of Fayetteville, Ark.,, and Stormy Scott of Las Cruces, N.M., captured the first two feature wins on the USMTS Hunt for the Casey's Cup.

Opening weekend for the series’ championship chase wraps up Sunday, Aug. 6, at the Monett Motor Speedway in Monett, Mo., with Out-Pace USRA B-Mods,, Midwest Modifieds, Legends Cars and Pure Stocks also on the card.

Ricky Thornton Jr. will meet and greet fans at the Casey's General Store located at 728 U.S. Hwy. 60 West in Monett from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Fans can get special $5 coupons directly from the driver during his appearance.

The Monett Motor Speedway is a semi-banked 3/8-mile red clay oval located one mile east of SR 37 on US 60, then north on Chapel Dr. For more information check out www.monettmotorspeedway.com.

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